Workshop Agenda

Agenda for Dart Center two-day workshop "Covering Immigrants & Refugees."

Agenda is Subject to Change

December 6 – 7, 2013

WHYY Studios 
150 N. Sixth Street 
Philadelphia, PA

Made possible with a generous grant from Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health

Speaker Bios

Friday, December 6, 2013

Location: WHYY Lincoln Financial Studio

8:00 - 8:30AM  Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45AM  Welcome and Overview

Joe Pyle, President, Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health

Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma  

8:45 - 9:15 AM PARTICIPANTS ROUNDTABLE

Brief introductions and mentions of areas of interest and goals for the workshop

9:15 - 10:00am  Morning Keynote: Immigrants, Refugees and Mental Health

Andres J. Pumariega, MD, Chairman and Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

 

10:00 - 10:10pm  Break 

10:10 - 10:50am  Trauma, Resiliency and Psychosocial Support 

Denise Ziya Berte, Ph.D, Psychologist and Founding Director, Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center 

10:50 - 11:00am  BreaK

11:00 - 12:00 PM  THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM

Kica Matos, Director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice, Center for Community Change, Washington DC

Edward Schumacher–Matos, Ombudsman, NPR; James Madison Visiting Professor, Columbia Journalism School

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

12:00 - 12:10pm  Break 

12:10 - 12:50pm  Immigrant and Refugee Law & Policy: An Overview

Fernando Chang-Muy, JD, Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

12:50 - 1:30pm  LuncH

1:30 - 2:30PM Keynote Conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist, Filmmaker and Founder of Define American

Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist, Filmmaker and Founder of Define American

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center 

2:20 - 2:30pm  Break

2:30 - 3:10pm  Special Focus: Immigrant Children and Families

Joanna Dreby Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University of Albany

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

3:10 - 3:20pm  Break

3:20 - 4:00pm  Local History and Demographics: The Philadelphia Migration Project

Domenic Vitiello, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of City Planning and Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania 

4:00 - 4:15pm  Break 

4:15 - 5:15pm  Speed Networking: Developing Sources, Developing Stories

Representatives from health, education, advocacy and direct service organizations working with immigrants and refugees in and around Philadelphia will participate in a structured networking session to discuss their work and what reporters need to know about covering immigrant and refugee communities.

Facilitator: Kate Black, Associate Director, Dart Center 

5:15 - 6:00pm  Community Reception (WHYY Dorrance Atrium)

 

 

Saturday, December 7, 2013
 

8:30 - 9:15am  Breakfast

9:15 - 10:15am  Advocacy and Action: The Local Landscape

Erika Almiron, Executive Director, Juntos

Peter Gonzales, President & CEO, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

Mia Lia Kiernan, Co-Founder and Organizer, One Love Movement

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

10:15 - 10:30am  Break  

10:30 - 11:20PM  KEYNOTE Conversation: A LIFE UNDOCUMENTED

Jose Arreola, Organizing Director, Educators for Fair Consideration, Oakland, CA

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center 

11:20 - 11:30am  Break

11:30 - 12:45pm  Reporting the Immigration Beat

Cindy Carcamo, Reporter, The Los Angeles Times

Michael Matza, Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer 

Maria Sacchetti, Immigration Reporter, The Boston Globe

12:45 - 1:30pm  Lunch  

1:30 - 2:30pm  The Community Experience: Reporting from the inside out 

Alia Malek, Author, A Country Called Amreeka, New York, NY

Gary Pierre-Pierre, Executive Director, Center for Community and Ethnic Media, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY 

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center

 

2:30 - 2:40pm  Break 

2:40 - 3:15pm  Story Idea Brainstorm

3:15 - 3:30pm  Closing Reflections